Methods of Assigning Multiskilled Human Resources and Scheduling Projects  Based on Resource Leveling

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To improve the efficiency of human resources used in the project, an optimization method of assigning multiskilled human resources and scheduling projects is put forward. First of all, with a heuristic algorithm presented to level the human resources, a scheduling scheme with low peak in human resource requirement can be obtained. Then, based on the determined scheme, the overlapping relationships between activities are identified and converted to a series of effective constraints to assigning multiskilled human resources. Finally, an integer programming model is established and calculated by programming. The research results show that the method can be used to quickly find a near optimal solution of the problem, using less human resource to complete the tasks, and reduce the cost of human resources effectively.

Key words: human resources, resource leveling, multiskill, project scheduling, assignment

LI Ming1,2，XU Zhe2. Methods of Assigning Multiskilled Human Resources and Scheduling Projects Based on Resource Leveling[J]. Industrial Engineering Journal .

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